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... called them ) set up a tran- sistor manufacturing company called Fairchild Semicon- ductor . Among its competitors were Shockley himself and an aggressive manufacturer of oil - related equipment called Texas Instruments . Like the ...
... called them ) set up a tran- sistor manufacturing company called Fairchild Semicon- ductor . Among its competitors were Shockley himself and an aggressive manufacturer of oil - related equipment called Texas Instruments . Like the ...
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... called 4004 , was a relatively simple device , powerful enough for calcula- tors and other special applications but not for a computer . The company's next chips , the 8008 and the 8080 , were of a different order . The 4004 accepted ...
... called 4004 , was a relatively simple device , powerful enough for calcula- tors and other special applications but not for a computer . The company's next chips , the 8008 and the 8080 , were of a different order . The 4004 accepted ...
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... called up by someone else , and they can trans- mit information directly to another small computer or prop- erly programmed microprocessor . All that's necessary for such interaction is the computer itself ; a device called a modem ...
... called up by someone else , and they can trans- mit information directly to another small computer or prop- erly programmed microprocessor . All that's necessary for such interaction is the computer itself ; a device called a modem ...
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